Instructions on how to organize a trip to Cyprus on your own: a detailed overview of all the ways to cheaply fly to Larnaca, Paphos and Northern Cyprus from Moscow, Petersburg, Mineralnye Vody, Vilnius, Kaunas, Minsk and Helsinki.
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We analyzed all the key and most convenient ways of how you can cheaply get to Cyprus on your own, and wrote a detailed instruction report. Read, use and travel on a budget!
How to search for cheap flights correctly
Flights are best searched on metasearch sites Skyscanner and Aviasales, great services that compare prices from dozens of airlines and hundreds of airlines and find the best deals. It is extremely useful to use their low price calendar and compare prices for different departure / arrival dates - often the difference can be very significant.
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1. How cheap to fly to Cyprus from Moscow
If you compare among Russian cities, then flying to Cyprus on your own will be most convenient from the capital - there are many options for every taste and relatively cheap tickets.
The airline JatAirways flies very inexpensively from Moscow to Larnaca. Tickets can be found for less than RUB 12,000. One drawback is the rather long connections in Belgrade.
A similar option is to travel to Cyprus aboard the Aegian airline. Tickets cost from 11 thousand rubles, a rather lengthy connection is carried out in Athens. Well, but you can take a little stroll around the Greek capital.
For only 10-11 thousand you can buy tickets from Moscow to Larnaca from airBaltic (connecting in Riga). Perhaps this is the easiest way to get to Cyprus cheaply from the Russian capital.
Direct charter flights Moscow-Larnaca usually cost about 12-15 thousand rubles.
2. How to cheaply get to Cyprus from St. Petersburg
Aeroflot flies a direct flight from St. Petersburg to Larnaca for 16-18 thousand rubles for round-trip tickets.
You can find tickets at "Transaero" a little cheaper - about 15 thousand rubles.
Even lower prices for flights from St. Petersburg to Larnaca are pleased with the airline "UIA", flying on this route with a docking in Kiev. Tickets can be found for 12,500 rubles, and during the promotions, which are quite frequent and which can be tracked on our website, tickets will cost a couple of thousand less!
For 12,500 rubles, you can find flights from St. Petersburg to Paphos with S7, but the flight will not be direct, but with a connection in Moscow.
To Cyprus from Helsinki
Petersburgers can also relatively cheap flight to Cyprus from Helsinki. Getting to the Finnish capital is very easy. The Latvian half-cost airline airBaltic flies from Helsinki to Larnaca - it is quite easy to find round-trip tickets for 12 thousand rubles with a stopover in Riga.
In general, for about the same money, you can fly not by a low-cost airline, but by an ordinary airline - KLM offers flights from Helsinki to Larnaca from 13,000 rubles with a connection in Amsterdam, which can be specially extended in order to spend a little time in the capital of the Netherlands.
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Sometimes it is cheaper and more comfortable to rent a house or apartment - many interesting options from the owners can be found on the popular Airbnb service.
3. To Cyprus from the regions
For real cheap to get to Cyprus from the Russian regions will not work. Tickets, as a rule, cost around 20 thousand rubles, and the flight is carried out with a connection in Moscow.
You can check the prices for tickets to Cyprus from the cities of the Russian Federation on the special Skyscanner page.
Here is an example of flights to Larnaca from Yekaterinburg:
4. How to cheaply fly to Cyprus from Minsk
This is far from easy to do. MAU flies to Larnaca from Minsk with a stopover in Kiev, but ticket prices start at 360 euros. S7 flies for 380 euros. The prices of other airlines are even higher. Promotions and good offers are rare. So the easiest and cheapest way to fly to Cyprus for Belarusians is to get to Vilnius or Kaunas, and from there fly by low-cost airlines. Read more about this method below.
5. Travel to Cyprus on your own using low-cost airlines
The cheapest way to fly to Cyprus is to use low cost airlines. There are quite a few options for forming a route, but all of them are associated with a number of inconveniences: several transfers, the need to travel to other cities to fly from there, lack of food on board and a separate fee for luggage. But if the traveler is not afraid of these things, then the trip promises to become even more budgetary, since the cost of the flight to Cyprus is still slightly reduced.
5.1. To Northern Cyprus from Mineralnye Vody
Due to the fact that the Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus flies to many Russian cities (especially in the south of Russia), it is possible to fly to Northern Cyprus very inexpensively. True, you should be prepared for the fact that you will not be able to visit South Cyprus - the policy of the authorities is such that those who flew to the Turkish part of the island are prohibited from entering the southern half of Cyprus.
And the option is extremely tempting! It is quite easy to find round-trip tickets with a transfer in Istanbul (you can spend some time in this amazing city) for only 139 euros (6500 rubles)! Simply fantastic! Read about how to get from Istanbul Airport to the city center and vice versa.
So, departure from Mineralnye Vody (MRV airport), arrival at Ercan airport, located 15 km from Nicosia. Here is an example for an independent trip to Cyprus in September:
5.2. Cheap ways to fly to Cyprus via Lithuania
The Lithuanian cities of Vilnius and Kaunas are large bases for key low-cost airlines in Europe, so it is always extremely cheap to fly from here. It is inexpensive to get to Lithuania by buses and trains from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kaliningrad.
Wizz Air has very cheap flights to Larnaca departing from Vilnius. It's easy to find round-trip air tickets for 130 euros, and if you're lucky, even cheaper. Search for tickets on wizzair.com or Skyscanner, which compares prices among hundreds of airlines.
Another European low-cost airline, Ryanair, also allows you to cheaply get to Cyprus on your own: tickets to Paphos from Kaunas and back can be found for 490 Lithuanian litas (≈6700 rubles). Search for tickets on the airline's website - ryanair.com or Skyscanner.
5.3. To Cyprus from Moscow via Budapest
Due to the fact that Wizz Air flies from Moscow to the capital of Hungary, it is possible to form a relatively inexpensive flight route to Larnaca via Budapest. It is quite possible to keep within 190 euros (≈9000 rubles), and if you are lucky with the promotion, it will be even cheaper.Of course, this is not the most convenient option, but one of the most budgetary for Muscovites. Although it may be easier to fly on traditional airlines, it will be more comfortable, although you will have to pay a couple thousand more.
An example of an inexpensive flight to Cyprus via Hungary:
